#40CED6#40CED6

#40CED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.118 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CED6
RGB	rgb(64, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -34.25, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 37.34, 203.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.1101 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.118 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3179, 50.0834, 71.3583)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CED6 #D64840

analogous

#40D693 #40CED6 #4083D6

triadic

#40CED6 #D640CE #CED640

tetradic

#40CED6 #9340D6 #D64840 #83D640

square

#40CED6 #9340D6 #D64840 #83D640

split-complementary

#40CED6 #D64083 #D69340

monochromatic

#1B7B80 #26ABB2 #40CED6 #72DBE1 #A5E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#40CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#40CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CED6

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CED6	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.118 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adde2',
    500: '#40ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ced6;
$custom-light: #8adde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78114,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CED6

secondary

#873733

accent

#4940E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CED6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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